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SSGA global equity beta head retires, promotes two

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... solutions for Australia, as well as senior portfolio management duties. King now manages domestic, international and emerging markets portfolios across index capabilities. He joined SSGA in 2002 as a portfolio analyst and worked on the new business team ...

RWC expands global equities team

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... Investment Partners, where he has worked for the last seven years as an equity analyst and portfolio manager on the Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund. His experience there is across emerging markets, with a specific focus on the Indian, Brazilian and Mexican ...

Schroders acquires majority stake in impact investor

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... financial returns. It also expands the asset manager's offering in private debt and private equity investments in emerging markets. Schroders chief executive Peter Harrison said: "Schroders has a strong belief in the value that investment can create ...

Global manager hires from Magellan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... Australasia. On the wholesale side, to which Bullock was appointed, GQG offers a global equities fund and an emerging markets equity fund.

Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
As major indices increasingly broaden accessibility to Chinese equities, one emerging markets specialist argues investing in the country goes beyond index inclusion. The landmark move by MSCI last year opened the floodgates to the once-difficult-to-access ...

Clime ramps up private wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... Group. "The areas that we are seeing the most enquiries from our clients are yield products, private equity and emerging markets equities," Bristow said. He ruled out starting an Asian equities investment team in-house but says Clime is willing to acquire ...

Chief economist update: Surveys back All Ords climb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... year-to-date, the All Ordinaries index has rallied by 19.7%, outperforming both developed equities (+15.6%) and emerging markets (+10%). While the S&P 500 index hit an intraday all-time high on August 20, it's returned only 17.5% over the same period. ...

CFA hopefuls at record high

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... which administers the test, added 62 exam centers in the year reflecting a growing demand for the credentials in emerging markets. The exams are notoriously difficult, with only one in five candidates earning a charter. "We are gratified to see the record ...

Zurich Investments to swap small caps managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... Zurich Investments may consider in bringing on new funds: impact investing, more global equity funds including in emerging markets (especially if franking credit changes go through) and alternative strategies that are a part of funds instead of standalones. ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... against the tobacco industry and falling global smoking rates. Nest already has a tobacco-free policy in its ESG emerging markets fund and commodities fund. The latest announcement weeds it out of all other fund choices including the Nest Retirement ...